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How to reflash the Apple Watch using the iBus adapter and iTunes [video]

Each instance of the Apple Watch there is a hidden interface connector. It is assumed that it is used to diagnose a smart watch on stage of production. In fact, it is possible to connect the Apple Watch to iTunes and work like any other iOS device.

Special six-pin port is inside one of the grooves for fixing the strap of the Apple Watch. The connector is a modified version of the Lightning, as the latter despite having eight contacts, only six uses.

Developer Stephen Smith Tronton using a special adapter iBUS, connect a cable from Apple Watch to MacBook using iTunes and have updated the operating system on the device. The whole process he shot on video and posted on YouTube.

By the way, Apple never advertise this connector is “smart” hours. It is expected that with its help you install watchOS at the production stage of the Apple Watch, so he is in the final version of the gadget.

The presence of the port in the Apple Watch is interesting for several reasons. First, it is a low-use interface to the company. Second, in theory, with it, the smart watch can connect smart accessories. It can be straps with complex sensors, additional displays, external drives or batteries.

It is expected that Apple will reveal the potential of the connector in the third generation of the Apple Watch.

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